Harper's Weekly. A Journal of Civilization / Volume IX, Issue 424 / Title Contents
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Harper's Weekly. A Journal of Civilization / Volume IX, Issue 424
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New York: Harper's Magazine Co, February 11, 1865
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Periodicals
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Harper's Weekly. A Journal of Civilization.
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NEW YORK, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1865
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the Year 1865, by Harper & Brothers, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York.
ARMSTRONG GUN.
In Fort Fisher our army found a splendid 150-pound Armstrong Gun, weighing 15,739 pounds. Upon it was this inscription: "Sir W. C. Armstrong & Co., Newcastle-upon-Tyne. No. 19." This
aground, but escaped at high tide. The land batteries prevented the success of this raid, the most prominent among them being the Curtis House Battery.
MISSING.
Boom! boom! boom!
'Twas the sullen signal-gun;
And through the early morning gloom
It pealed like the trump of a dreadful doom;
And the tired sleeper woke with a start,
And wondered what should be his part
In the tragedy that must soon begin;
Whether the Right should lose or win,
And where he should be when the day was done.But his reve
is part of the Nemesis under which we suffer, that we are defending against rebels a Government which the rebels themselves made odious.
We have not sufficiently remembered this in our indignation with the conduct of what were called friendly powers. We saw them sneering at us as we carried the flag against the foe, and told them the flag meant liberty. We forgot that they had just seen the same flag in the hands of those who swore that it meant slavery. Governments, like men, act from mixed mo
THE UNITED STATES IRON-CLAD BATTERY "MONADNOCK." — [See Page 94.]
BURNING OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE AT WASHINGTON, January 24, 1865. — Sketched by Philip Wharton. — [See Page 94.]
GENERAL KENNER GARRARD.
GENERAL KENNER GARRARD.
Brigadier - General Kenner Garrard was born in Garrard County, Kentucky, and is now thirty-five years old. His home from boyhood has been in Cincinnati, Ohio. He entered West Point in 1847, graduated in 1851, and was appointed to the First United States Dragoons. In 1855 he was transferred to the Second United States Cavalry, and in 1861 promoted to a Captaincy. Up to this date his service had been mostly in Texas and New Mexico. In 1856, while Ad
"THE E'EN BRINGS A' HAME."
Upon the hills the wind is sharp and cold,
The sweet young grasses wither on the wold,
And we, O Lord! have wandered from thy fold;
But evening brings us home.
Among the mists we stumbled and the rocks
Where the brown lichen whitens, and the fox
Watches the straggler from the scattered flocks;
But evening brings us home.
The sharp thorns prick us, and our tender feet
Are cut and bleeding, and the lambs repeat
Their pitiful complaints — oh, rest is sweet
When evening b
to breathe for fear of disturbing her, thinking and thinking whether it might be possible that a day would come when she would put that little head on my breast of her own accord, and whether there could be any thing in me that might make her forgive my fifty years and my selfish old bachelor ways. I never wronged her thinking that my money would tempt her; but it did please me to fancy how I could bring treasures from the ends of the earth to heap upon her; and I thought how I could give all t
THE WIND-MILL.
Now, who will live in the wind-mill, who,
With the powdery miller-man?
The miller is one, but who'll make two,
To share his loaf and can?"Oh I will live with the miller, I!
To grind the corn is grand;
The great black sails go up on high,
And come down to the land!"Now, who will be the miller's bride?
The miller's in haste to wed
A girl in her pride, with a sash at her side,
A girl with a curly head!"Oh I will be the miller's wife;
The dust it is all my joy;
To live in a wind-mill
numbers of the most robust were struck down in a moment, many who, like mother, had been long ailing, were altogether spared. However, Mr. Tudor went, leaving his curates to do the work of the parish in that time of fear and of distress. And nobly they did it too, never sparing themselves. But they were sadly overworked. One after another broke down under the strain; and one sultry afternoon, when the fever had quite disappeared from our court, it was whispered that Mr. Penrhyn was down with it
THE SCOUT.
We call the attention of our readers to the sketch engraved on the preceding page. No feature connected with our military operations is so interesting or so abundant in thrilling incident as what is called the secret service. This has been especially the case in the West. For the most part the details of this service have been hidden from the public. It was necessary that it should be, both for the success of important movements and for the sake of the gallant heroes engaged in this
The dead were gathered up by detachments of the prisoners, and carried outside of the stockade, where they were laid in a row under a cluster of trees. Thence the bodies were carried in wagons, into which they were thrown at random, to a ditch at some distance from the camp, where they were tumbled out, covered with a thin layer of earth, and so left. Many a brave and loyal soldier of the Republic, who had won honorable scars in the battle's van, found thus at last the burial of a dog at rebel
ARCANA WATCH.
An Elegant Novelty in Watches.
The cases of this watch are an entirely new invention, composed of six different metals, rolled together and planished, producing an exact imitation of 18-carat gold, called Arcana, which will never change its color. They are as beautiful and durable as solid gold, and are afforded at one-eighth the cost. The case is beautifully designed, with panel and shield for name, with patent push-spring, and engraved in the exact style of the celebrated Gold H
DEEP SPECULATION.
The Oil-Speculator's Dream.
FISK & HATCH, Bankers and Dealers in Government Securities.
No. 38 Wall Street, New York.
The Model Pocket-Pistol of the Age.
SLOCUM'S Patent Side-Loading REVOLVER.
Length, 7½ Inches. Weight, 14 Ounces.
Carries a No. 32 Metallic Cartridge.
Its advantages over all others are:
1st. It does not require special ammunition.
2d. It is perfectly safe while being loaded.
3d. It can be loaded in the dark, and quicker than any other pistol.
4th. It can be ca
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